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Week ahead

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11 December 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: Love You to Death: A year of domestic violence A documentary that focuses on the murder of 86 women by their partners during 2013.


9pm BBC2, Wednesday

 

TELEVISION: Friday 9.15am (BBC1) Sister Rita to the Rescue The drop-in centre makes plans for Christmas (5/5).

8.30pm (BBC2) An Island Parish: Falklands The Revd Richard Hines swims in Antarctic waters (5/6).

Sunday 10am (BBC1) Fern Britton Meets. . . Lord Ashdown talks about what has shaped his beliefs (3/4).

4.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Mary Berry invites the show into her home.

 

RADIO: Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood Mark Tully asks what we can learn from the stories of Christmas.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Artists and religious leaders explore the relationship between hip-hop and religion.

1.30pm (R4) Shoah in Jerusalem Jonathan Freedland speaks to those who were at the première of the film Shoah, in 1985.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of Wednesday’s service from Gloucester Cathedral.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss childlessness and the issues it raises (4/8).

Tuesday 8pm (R4) Volunteer Nation What more could be done to harness volunteers’ efforts?

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Chester Cathedral.

8pm (R4) What is IS? David Aaronovitch looks at the ideology of Islamic State (IS).

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